Alcohol intoxication is the result of alcohol entering the bloodstream faster than it can be metabolized by the liver, which breaks down the ethanol into non-intoxicating byproducts.
Emancipation. 1  On August 12, 2005, an Arizona law went into effect that permits minors who are at least 16 but not yet 18, to apply to be emancipated or to be declared legally an adult. The minor must prove they are financially self-sufficient and able to provide their own food, housing and medical care without parental assistance.
Legal age is defined as the age of majority. In the state of Arizona, legal age is eighteen (18) years for both men and women (see Revised Statute Section 1-215). However, in the case of consumption of alcoholic beverages, the legal age is twenty-one (21) years for both men and women.